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WWUS53 KLOT 180236
SVSLOT
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE
936 PM CDT FRI APR 17 2026
ILC031-197-180345-
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WILL IL-COOK IL-
936 PM CDT FRI APR 17 2026
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 PM CDT
FOR CENTRAL WILL AND COOK COUNTIES...
AT 936 PM CDT, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM BARRINGTON TO NEAR ADDISON TO DOWNERS GROVE TO COAL
CITY, MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS, SIDING, AND TREES.
THESE SEVERE STORMS WILL BE NEAR...
CHICAGO, JOLIET, ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, SCHAUMBURG, PALATINE, DES
PLAINES, MOUNT PROSPECT, HOFFMAN ESTATES, BUFFALO GROVE, AND OHARE
AIRPORT AROUND 940 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDE
ORLAND PARK, BERWYN, OAK PARK, GLENVIEW, PARK RIDGE, NORTHBROOK,
NILES, AUSTIN, MOKENA, PALOS HILLS, CICERO, SKOKIE, TINLEY PARK, OAK
LAWN, MIDWAY AIRPORT, IRVING PARK, SOUTH LAWNDALE, BURBANK, WILMETTE,
ALSIP, EVANSTON, WEST RIDGE, WEST TOWN, CHICAGO LAWN, BRIDGEPORT,
ENGLEWOOD, LAKE VIEW, CHICAGO LOOP, LINCOLN PARK, OAK FOREST,
ROSELAND, SOUTH SHORE, HARVEY, HOMEWOOD, PEOTONE, NAVY PIER,
NORTHERLY ISLAND, CHATHAM, HYDE PARK, COUNTRY CLUB HILLS, CALUMET
CITY, CHICAGO HEIGHTS, DOLTON, PARK FOREST, STEGER, SOUTH HOLLAND,
SOUTH DEERING, GLENWOOD, THORNTON, PHOENIX, HAMMOND, LANSING,
MUNSTER, SAUK VILLAGE, LYNWOOD, CRETE, BEECHER AND FORD HEIGHTS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR NORTHEASTERN
ILLINOIS...AND NORTHWESTERN INDIANA.
REMAIN ALERT FOR A POSSIBLE TORNADO! TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP QUICKLY
FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. IF YOU SPOT A TORNADO GO AT ONCE INTO THE
BASEMENT OR SMALL CENTRAL ROOM IN A STURDY STRUCTURE.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
LAT...LON 4208 8768 4189 8761 4189 8760 4183 8760
4173 8752 4130 8753 4130 8793 4163 8803
4173 8803 4169 8802 4169 8796 4172 8791
4199 8792 4199 8819 4215 8822 4215 8776
TIME...MOT...LOC 0236Z 268DEG 41KT 4217 8814 4195 8804 4182 8803 4131
8827
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
YACK
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